Checklist  of  Books  by  and  about  Eugene 

"Field  in  the  Collection  of  Edward 
Caldwell,  New  York.   (1926) 


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Check  List  o£  Books 

by  and  about 

EUGENE  FIELD 

in  the 
Collection  of  Edward  Caldwell 

New  York 


1.  Biographies  and  Autobiographies. 

2.  Limited  Editions  and  Association  Copies. 

(arranged  in  the  order  of  their  publication) 

3.  First  Editions  of  Eugene  Field,1  s  Books. 

(Arranged  in  the  order  of  their  publication) 

4.  Complete  Collected  Works. 

5.  Privately  Printed  and  Limited  Issues 

of  Separate  Poems  and  Prose  Writings. 

6.  Reprints  of  the  Tribune  Primer. 

7.  Books  Partly  Written  by  Eugene  Field. 

8.  Miscellaneous, 


Of  this  list  100  copies  were  printed  in  September,  1926 


1.    BIOGRAPHIES   AND  AUTOBIOGRAPHIES. 


THOMPSON ,    SLaSON . 

Eugene   Field.      A   Study    in  Heredity   and  Contradictions. 
Two  volumes.      Large    8vo.      Large    paper,    half   vellum  and  boards, 
gilt   tops,    uncut.      New    iork.    Scribner's,    1901. 

Edition  limited   to   262   copies   on  Holland  hand-made   paper,    this    set 
being  No.    220. 

THOMPSON,  SLASON. 

Eugene  Field.   A  Study  in  Heredity  and  Contradictions, 
with  portraits,  views,  and  facsimile  illustrations.   Two  vols. 
8vo.   Original  cloth,  uncut.   New  York,  1901. 

First  ordinary  edition, 

DENNIS,  CHaS.  H. 

Eugene  Field's  Creative  Years,   8vo.  cloth,  uncut. 
New  York,  Doubleday,  Page  &  Co.,  1924. 

First  Edition. 

BELOW,  IDA  COMSTOCK. 

Eugene  Field  in  His  Home.   16mo.  cloth,  gilt  top, 
uncut.   New  York,  E.  P.  Dutton  &  Co.,  1898. 

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WILSON,    FRANCIS. 

The   Eugene   Field   I  Knew.      Large   Paper,    8vo.    half  vellum 
paper,    boards,    gilt   top,   uncut.      New  York,   Scribner's,  1898* 

Edition  limited   to  204  copies   on  Ruisdael   paper,    this  being  Wo.    65. 

WILSON,    FRANCIS. 

The   Eugene   Field  I  Knew.      8vo.    cloth,    gilt    top,    uncut. 
New   York,    Scribner's,    1898. 

First  ordinarv  edition. 

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BRISTOL,  REV.  PRANK  M. 

A  Tribute  to  the  Memory  of  Eugene  Field.   Spoken  at  the 
funeral,  Chicago,  Nov.  6,  1895.   8vo.  4  pages. 

Signed  at  the  end  "No.  10.  F.  M.  Bristol,   50  copies.1' 


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STONE,    MELVILLE  E. 

Fifty  Years    a   Journalist.         8vo.    cloth,    gilt    top,    uncut, 
Garden  City,    N.    Y,,    1921* 

First  Edition.     Mr,   Stone  was   the  founder   of   the   Chicago  DAILY  NEWS   and 
its   publisher   during  the    12   years  of  Eugene  Field's   editorship   of   the 
column  of  "Sharps    and  Flats".      His  personal   reminiscences   of  Field   are 
accompanied  by  portraits.,  caricatures   and  facsimiles   of  manuscripts. 

WILSON,    FRANCIS. 

■Francis  Wilson's  Life  of  Himself..      8vo  .    cloth,    gilt   top, 
uncut.      Boston,    1924. 

First  Edition.      The    author  was    a  personal  friend   and  biographer   of  Eugene 
Field   and   in   this    autobiography  he  has   given  many  anecdotes   of   Field's 
personal   and  professional   career,   with  portraits   and   other   illustrations. 

MITCHELL,    EMARD  P. 

Memoirs   of   an  Editor.      Fifty  Years   of   American  Journalism. 
8vo,    cloth,   uncut.      New   York,    1924. 

First  Edition.     Mr.  Mitchell  was    an  editor   of   the   New  York  SUN  under   Charles 
A.    Dana.      Both  Dana  and  Mitchell  were  friends   of  Eugene   Field   and   this  volume 
recites  many  interesting   anecdotes   of  Field's   professional   life. 

FISHER,    HENRY  W. 

Abroad  with  Mark  Twain   and  Eugene   Field.      Tales   They  Told 
to   a  Fellow  Correspondent.      8vo,    boards,    paper   label,   uncut.      New 
York,    1922. 

Large  paper  edition,    limited  to  325   copies,    of  which  this   is  No.   3. 


2.    LIMITED  EDITIONS   AND  ASSOCIATION    COPIES. 
(Arranged   in  the    order   of   their   publication) 


A  Little   Bopk  of  Western  Verse. 

8vo,   boards,   half   vellum,   boards,   gilt   top,   uncut. 
Chicago,    1889. 

First  Edition.      Large  paper.      Limited  to   250   copies,   this  being  No.    220, 
with  a  notation  in  pencil  under  this   number  that  this  was   Miss  Kate   Field's 
copy. 

A  Little   Book   of   Profitable   Tales. 

8vo,   half  vellum,    gilt    top,    uncut.      Chicago,    1889. 

Large  Paper  Edition,    limited  to   250   copies   on  hand  made   paper,   this  being  Wo.    181. 
Field's   own  copy  with  his  bookplate,   and  with  his     autograph     at  the  top  of  the 
first   flyleaf.      Has   a   fine  portrait   of  Field   inserted   opposite  the   half-title 
and  the  dedication  page  to  Mary  French  Field,    his   daughter,    is   signed  by  her. 
Laid  in   is  the   original   draft    in  Field's   autograph  in  colored   inks,    of  the 
title   page,    slightly  different   from  the  printed  one. 

Echoes    from  the   Sabine    Farm. 

By  Eugene   Field  and  Roswell  M.   Field.      Illustrations  by 
Edmund  H.   Garrett.      Square    8vo,    gilt   top,   hand  made   paper,    uncut, 
vellum  boards.      Published  by  Francis  Wilson.      The   Orchard,   New 
Rochelle,    1891*      Printed  by  John  Wilson  &  Son,    Cambridge,   Mass. 

Edition  limited  to  100   copies,    of  which  this    is   No.    8,    numbered  and   signed  by 
Francis  Wilson,      Also   inscribed   on  the  fly  leaf   "To  F.      M.      Morris   from  Fras.  W. 
1892".      Laid   in  is   a  brown  paper  wrapper   inscribed:      "Dear  Morris,   A   little 
fruit   from   'The   Orchard1    of  Yours   Sincerely,    Francis  Wilson,   Feb.    17,    1892. 
Kindness    of  Mr.  Way".      Also  laid   in  is     a  clipping  from  the   Chicago  Daily  News 
of  Mar.    16,    1892,   with  a  column  of  Field's    "Sharps  and  Flats"   and     a  two  column 
illustrated   review  of  the   "Echoes"    signed   "W.    I.   Way", 

With  Trumpet   and  Drum. 

8vo,   boards,    half   vellum,    gilt    top,   uncut.      New  York.    1892. 

First  Edition.      Large   paper.      Limited  to   250   copies,   this  being  No.    72. 
With  Wm.    F.    Gable  bookplate  and  his   autograph   on  fly  leaf. 

Second  Book   of  Verse. 

8vo,   boards,    half  vellum,    gilt    top,    uncut.      Chicago, 
published  by  Melville   E.    Stone,    1892. 

First  Edition.      Large  paper.      Limited  to  300  copies,   this  being  No.    182, 
signed  by  John  Wilson  &  Son,    the  printers   of  Cambridge.     With  the  Poor 
bookplate. 


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The  Holy  Cross  and  Other  Tales.       ■  • 

Square,  16mo ,  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.   Cambridge  and 
Chicago.   Stone  and  Kimball,  1893. 

Large  Paper  Edition.     Limited  to  110  copies  of  which  this   is  No.   101. 
Field's  own  copy.     Contains  his  bookplate   and  a  four-line  original  manu- 
script poem  on  the  first  flyleaf,   written  and   signed  by  Field,    and  dated 
Jan.   1,    1894. 

Echoes   from  the   Sabine   Farm.  : 

By  Eugene   and  Ro swell   Martin  Field.      Large    8vo,    cloth, 
gilt   top,    uncut.      Chicago,   McClurg,    1893. 

Edition  limited  to  500  copies,    this  being  No.   263.     Laid  in  are  page  proofs 
of   38  pages,  with  folios    slightly  different  from  this  edition.      A  pencil 
note  says   "With  proof  sheets  of  the   Wilson  Edition".      Slight  pencil  corrections 
on  several  of  these  page   proofs. 

Love   Songs   of   Childhood. 

Large   paper,    large    8vo,   full  vellum,   gilt   top,  uncut. 
New   York,    Scribner  '  s,  1894. 

Edition   limited  to   106  copies  on     Van  Gelder  paper,    this  being  No,   37. 
With  the  Wnu  Harris   Arnold  bookplate. 

The   Love  Affairs   of   a   Bibliomaniac. 

;  8vo,   boards,   with  dust  wrappers,   half  vellum  back,   gilt 

top,   uncut.      New  York,    1896. 

First  edition.      Limited  to   150  copies  on  Large  Holland  paper,    of  which  this 
is  No.   23.     With  bookplate  of  Beverly  Chew. 

The   House . 

An  Episode    in  the   Lives   of   Reuben  Baker,   Astronomer,    and 
of   his  wife  Alice.      8vo,   boards,   half  vellum  paper,   gilt   top,   uncut. 
New    York,    1896. 

First  Edition.   Large  paper  copy.      Limited  to  150  copies  on  Holland  paper, 
this  being  No.    33. 

Songs   and  Other  Verse  . 

'  8vo,    boards,    half   vellum,    gilt   top,   uncut.      In   original 

dust   wrappers.      New  York,    1896. 

First  Edition.      Limited   to   150  copies   on  Holland  paper,    of  which   this   is   No. 
44. 


Second   Book   of  Tales. 

8vo,    boards,   half  vellum   paper,    gilt   top,    uncut.      New   York, 
1896. 

•   First  Edition.      Large  paper.      Limited  to  150  copies  of  which  this      is  No.   8. 

Sharps   and  Flats. 

With  an   Introduction  by  Slason  Thompson.      Two  vols. 
Large   paper,    half  vellum  and  boards,    gilt   top,   uncut.      New    fork, 
Scribner  '  s,  1901 . 

Edition  limited   to   150   copies   on  Holland  paper,    this    set  being  No.    29. 
This   issue  does   not   contain  the    ten  poems  by  Dr.   F.   W#   Gunsaulus   printed 
in   the  first  edition  of   1900.    (See  page   8) 


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3.  FIRS'?  EDITIONS  OF  EUGETTE  FIELD'S  LOOKS 
(Arranged  in  the  order  of  their  publication) 


Culture ' s  Garland, 

Being  Memoranda  of  the  Gradual  Rise  of •  Literature ,  Art, 
Music  and  Society  in  Chicago,  and  Other  Western  Ganglia.  With  an 
Introduction  by  Julian  Hawthorne.  12mo,  original  paper  wrappers. 
Boston,  1687. 

First  Edition. 

A  Little  Book  of  jestern  Verse. 

16mo,  cloth.   New  York,  Scribner f s,  1890. 

First  ordinary  edition,  with  portrait  inserted* 

a  Little  Book  of  Profitable  Tales. 

16mo,  cloth,  silL  toP*  uncut.   New  '/ork,  Scribner' s,  1890 

First  ordinary  edition. 

/Vith  Trumpet,  and  Drum, 

16mo,  half  vellum  paper,  uncut,  gilt  top.   New  York, 
Scribner1 s,  1392. 

First  ordinary  edition. 
Second  Book  of  Verse. 


16mo,  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.   New  York,  Scribner' s,  1893 
First  ordinary  edition. 

The  Koly  Cross,  and  Other  Tales . 

16rno,  original  cloth  decorated  cover,  uncut.   Stone  and 
Kimball,  Cambridge  ana  Chicago,  1893. 

First  ordinary  edition. 

Echoes  from  the  Sabine  Farm. 

Large  8vo,  cloth,  gilt  top,,  uncut.   New  York,  Scribner' s. 
1895'i 

First  Scribner  ordinary  edition. 


Love   Songs   of  Childhood.  ,««„ 

16ino7~cIoth,    gilt    top.      New  York,   Scribner   s,    1894. 

First  ordinary  edition.      Field's  P**-  <y*ov  -*<-«  his   name   in  his  handwriting  at 
top  of  first  fly  leaf,   "Euger-  field,    1894."      Contains   the   small  Field  book- 
plate.     Last  stanza  of  "sne  Dead  Babe"  marked  by  pencil  on  both  margins. 

25? .  Love  Affairs   o£  *L  Bibliomaniac  . 

TSmnl    (DoZh, "grit   top,   uncut.      New  York,   Scribner's,    1896. 

First  ordinary  edition. 

With   autographed   letter  dated  Chicago,   Oct.   21,    1895.      "in  order   to  demonstrate 
the   truth  of  the   adage   that   a  wise  man  and  his  money  are   soon  parted,   please 
send     me   the  books  whose   titles   occur    in  the   inclosed   list  and   charge   to   the 
account  of  Yours  very  truly,   Eugene  Field" * 

The   Love  Affairs   of   a   Bibliomaniac . 

16mo,    cloth,    gilt    top,    uncut.      New  York,    Scribner's,  1896. 

First  ordinary  edition. 

Contains   small  Field  bookplate.      Also  bookplate  of  George  H.   Yenowine.     Presenta- 
tion  copy  from     Mrs.    Eugene  Field  to  Mrs.   Yenowine  with  letter  of  presentation, 
dated  Feb,    14,    1896  inserted.      Also   attached  to  front  fly  leaf   is   a  proof  signed 
by  "Eugene  Field"   of  his   "Be  My  Sweetheart".     Also   laid  in  is   the   clipping  of 
the  first  chapter  as   it  appeared  in  the   "Sharps   and  Flats"    column  in  the  Chicago 
Daily  News. 

The   House  . 

*  An  Episode    in  the   Lives   of   Reuben  Baker,   Astronomer,   and 
o£  his  wife  Alice.      16mo,    cloth,   gilt   top,   uncut.      New  York, 
Scribner's,    1896. 

First  ordinary  edition. 

Second   Book  of  Tales. 

16mo,    cloth,   New   ^ork,      Scribner's,    1896. 

First  ordinary  edition. 

Songs   and  Other  Verse. 

16mo,    cloth,   gilt   top,   uncut,   New  York,    Scribner's,    1896. 

First  ordinary  edition. 


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Sharps    and  Flats, 

Collated  by  Slason  Thompson.      2  vols.,    16mo,    cloth,    gilt 
tops,    uncut,    New  York,    Scribner '  s ,.  1900. 

First  ordinary  edition.      This  edition  contains   ten  poems   credited   to  Field 
but  really  by  Dr.    F*  W.   Gunsaulus. 

A  Little   Book  of   Profitable   Tales. 

16mo,    full  morocco,    New  York,    Scribner's,    1891. 

Portrait   (photo)    of  Mary  F.   Field   inserted.      The   dedication  is    "To  ray  severest 

critic,  my  most   loyal   admirer,    and  my     only  daughter,     Mary  French  Field". 

The   copy  is   signed  below  the   dedication  "The  Severest  Critic,  Mary  French  Field" 

A  Little   Book  of   Profitable   Tales. 

With  an  etched  portrait   by  W.   H.   W.   Bicknell.      16rno,    cloth, 
New.  York,   Scribner's,    1895. 

Oameo  edition.      First  issue  of  this  edition* 


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4.  COMPLETE  COLLECTED  WORKS,  FIRST  EDITIONS. 


The  Writings  in  Prose  and  Verse  of  Eugene  Field,  Sabine 
Edition,  12  vols.,  cloth,  uncut.   New  York,  Scribner's,  1911. 
All  dated  1911  except  Vol.  VII,  which  is  dated  1920. 

I.   a  Little  Book  of  Western  Verse. 

With  an  Introduction  by  Rosweli  Martin  Field. 

II.   A  Little  Book  of  Profitable  Tales. 

With  an  Introduction  by  Edward.  E.  Hale. 

III.   Second  Book,  of  Verse. 

With  an  Introduction  by  Julian  Hawthorne. 

IV.   Poems  of  Childhood:   (l)  With  Trumpet  and  Drum; 

(2)  Love  Songs  of  Childhood. 
With  an  Introductory  Poem  entitled  "Eugene  Field"  by 
James  Whit comb  Riley. 

V.  The  Holy  Cross  and  Other  Tales. 

With  an  Introduction  by  Edward  Clarence  Stedman. 

VI.   Echoes  from  the  Sabine  Farm. 

With  an  Introduction  by  Francis  Wilson. 

VII.  The  Love  Affairs  of  a  Bibliomaniac. 

With  an  Introduction  by  Rosweli  Martin  Field. 

VIII.  The  House,  An  Episode  in  the  Lives  of  Reuben  Baker,  Astrond' 
mer,  and  his  wife,  Alice. 
With  an  Introduction  by  Joel  Chandler  Harris. 

IX.   Songs  and  Other  Verse. 

With  an  Introduction  by  Frank  W.  Gunsaulus. 

X.  .Second  Book  of  Tales, 

With  an  Introduction  by  F.  Hopkinson  Smith. 

XI.  and  XII.   Sharps  and  Flats*   2  vols. 

With  an  Introduction  by  Slason  Thompson. 


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5.    PRIVATELY   PRINTED  AND  LIMITED   ISSUES    OF 
SEPARATE   POEMS   AND  PROSE   WRITINGS. 


An  Auto-Analysis. 

Initial    letters    illuminated   by  hand.     With   an   Introduction 
by  Francis   Wilson.      16rno,    boards ,    Japan   paper t    Chicago,    1896. 

"Of  this  edition  but  150  copies  were  printed.      Ibe   illustrations  were  done  by 
hand.       Each  copy  is  numbered  and  this  book  is  No.      102.     F.  i.l.  Morris" • 

An  Auto -Analy sis . 

With  an   Introduction   by  Francis  Wilson.      16mo,    boards, 
uncut,    Chicago,    1696. 


Edition  Limited  to  350  copies  of  which  this   is  No.    111. 

An  Auto-A'nalysis  . 

Row  One   Friar  Met   the   Devil   and  Two   Pursued  Him.      Square* 
12rno,  half   cloth  and  paper    sides,   uncut,      published  by  H.   M. 
Caldwell  Co.,   New  York  and  Boston,    1901. 

Introduction  written  by  Francis  Wilson. 
First  issue  of  this  edition. 
Has  bookplate  of  John  Df  Ross. 

How  One   Friar  Met   the   Devil   and  Two  Pursued  Him. 

Square   52mo ,   uncurl      F.   M.   Morris,    Chicago,    1900. 

Edition  limited  to  300   copies. 

The  Symbol  and  the  Saint ■ 

16mo .    paper  boards,    paper   label,   uncut,    24  pages.      Printed  by 
Mm.    Edwin  Rudge ,   Ivit .    Vernon,    N.    Y.,    1924. 

Limited  edition  of  300  copies.     From  Frank  M.  Morris  Library.      Copyrighted 
1921  by     Chas.   Scrioner's  Sons.     Reprinted  by     arrangement  v/ith  Clias. 
Scribner's  Sons. 


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Pibdin' s   Ghost . 

A   4pp.  leaflet,    12mo,    on  deckle    edge   paper. 

This   is      No.    18  of  25   copies,   reprinted   as      a  separate  from  the   Book  Lover1 s 
Almanac   for   1893,  where   it  first   appeared,    and   is   signed  by  the   author: 
"Eugene   Field".      It  is    accompanied  by  the   envelope,    stamped   and   addressed,  in 
which   it  was  mailed   to  Mr.   Edmund   Clarence   Stedman,    137   West  78th  St.,    New 
York. City,    postmarked   "Chicago,    Dec;.   10,    189-£.u,    and  marked  "Rec'd  Dec.    12,    *92". 

Pibdin* s   Ghost    and  Boccaccio. 

Small   4to,    boards,    cloth  back,   uncut.      Printed  by  P.    B. 
Updike,   The   Merrymount   Press,   Boston,    in  May,    1922. 

One   of   500   copies   privately  printed  for     Mr.   W«    K.    Bixby.      Presentation  copy, 
inscribed:      "New  Year's   Greetings   to  Beverly  Chew,  Member  Hobby  Club  from 
W.   K.   Bixby,    1923",     With  the  bookplate   of   Beverly  Chew. 

The   Temptation   of   Friar  Gonsol. 

A  Story  of   the   Devil,    two  Saints   and  a   Booke .      8vo.   boards, 
vellum  paper,    gilt    top,   uncut.      Ribbon   ties.     Washington,   Woodward 
&  Lothrop,    1900. 

Edition  limited  to  300  copies  on  hand -made   antique  paper,    this  being  No.   126. 

Eugene   Field  to   Francis  Wilson. 

Some   Attentions.      Portraits.      l2mo,   boards,   uncut.      New 
Rochelle,  The   Orchard,   Privately  Printed  by  Francis  Wilson,    1896. 

One   of   100   copies    (No.   72).      Presentation  copy,    inscribed:      "My  dear  Mr.    Chew: 
Pray  accept  at  my  hands  this   little  Field  courtesy  and     always  believe  me 
yours  very  sincerely.      Francis  Wilson.      July,    1897.        To  Beverly  Chew". 
With  bookplate   of      Beverly  Chew. 

Clippings   from  the   Denver  Tribune. 

Written   by  Eugene   Field,    1881-1883.      Privately   printed, 
by  Willard  S.   Morse.      New  York,    1909,      8vo,   gilt   top,   deckle   edge, 
uncut,   three -quarters  blue  morocco,    cloth   sides. 

Edition   limited  to     25   copies   of  which   this    is   No.    11.      Signed  by  Willard 
S.  Morse.     With  portrait  of     Eugene  Field  and   signed  portraits     of  Bush, 
Tabor    and  Morse. 

The   Yankee   Abroad. 

tVo,    cloth,    uncut.      (Boston.      The   Bibliophile   Society,    1917). 


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Verse    and  Prose, 

Edited  by  Henry  H.   Harper  with  an   Introduction  by  Wm.    P. 
Trent.      Small   quarto p   half  vellum,    gilt   top,    uncut.      St.    Louis,    1917 

Edition  limited  to  100  copies,   printed  by     W.   K.  Bixby,    the  owner  of   the 
original  manuscripts. 


The   Stars. 

A  Slumber   Story.      Square*      12mo,    paper   and  boards,    uncut. 
New   York,    New  Amsterdam  Book  Co.,    1901. 

First  Edition.      Contains   "An  Appreciation"  by  Will  M.    Clemens  dated  New  York, 
1901;      "The  Stars"  by     Eugene  Field;    and  "Eugene  Field,   A  Sketch",   not 
signed. 


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6.  REPRINTS  OP  "THE  TRIBUNE  PRIMER",  FIELD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


The  Model  Primer. 

By  Eugene  Field  of  Denver  Tribune.   Fred,.  Tredwell , 
Publisher,  9  Boerum  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.   The  Pictures  by  Hop. 
Square.   16mo,   Copyright,  1882.   Three  quarter  morocco,  paper 
sides.   Original  wrappers  bound  in. 

Tribune  Primer. 

Reprinted,  1898,  by  J.  West  Goodwin  Publishing  Co.,  Sedalia, 
Mo.   "To  be  sold  for  the  benefit  of  the  Eugene  Field  Monument  Fund" 
for  a  monument  which  it  was  proposed  to  erect  at  Columbia,  Mo. 
32mo .  paper,  56  pages. 

The  Tribune  Primer, 

Square.   12mo,  uncut.   Boston,  Jordan,  Marsh  &  Co.  1900. 
The  Barta  Press. 

First  edition  was  Denver,  1882.   Second  edition,  Brooklyn,  called  The 
Model  Primer,  1882.   This  edition,  250  copies,  this  being  208,  signed  by 
the  publisher. 

Eugene  Field's  First  Book. 

The  Tribune  Primer,  with  additional  sketches  now  first 
collected  from  the  Denver  Tribune .   Privately  printed  at  the  Marion 
Press,  Jamaica,  Queensborough,  New  York,  1900,   Square,  12mo,  half 
calf  and  boards. 

No.  Ill  of  90  copies  on  hand  made  paper,  numbered  26  to  115.  Has  bookplate 
of  E.  H.  Bierstadt,  by  E.  D.  French. 

The  Tribune  Primer. 

With  original  illustrations  by  John  C.  Frohn.   Square. 
12mo,  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.   Copyright  1900  by  Henry  A.  Dickerman 
&  Son,  Publishers.   Boston,  Mass. 

First  Edition. 

A  Little  Book  of  Nonsense. 

PR   iQnn   ^orewor^'  sf Pad  by  Edward  B.  Morgan,  Denver,  Colo.,  Nov. 
28   1900.   Copyrighted  by  Alfred  Bartlett,  1900.   Published  by 
Mutual  Book  Co.,  Boston,  1901.   16mo,  paper,  uncut,  28  pages. 


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Nonsense  for  Old  and  Young. 

Illustrated  oy  John  C.  Prohn.   16mo,  cloth,  gilt  top, 
uncut.   Boston,  Henry  a.  Dickerman  &  Son,  publishers,  1901. 

The  Complete  Tribune  Primer, 

Containing  75  original  drawings  by  F.  Opper.   16mo,  cloth, 
gilt  top,  uncut.   Boston,  Mutual  Book  Co.   (1901) 

Also  contains   "An  Auto-Analysis •" 

a  Little  Book  of  Tribune  Verse. 

k   Number  of  Hitherto  Uncollected  Poems,  Grave  and  Gay, 
Collected  and  Edited  by  Joseph  G.  Brown.   8vo,  cloth,  249  pages', 
illustrated,  Grosset  &  Dunlap.   New  York.   n.  d.  Copyrighted,  1901, 
by  Tandy,  Wheeler  &  Co.  (Denver) 

From  Eugene  Field's  family  library  with  his  bookplate   and   a  lead  pencil   note: 
"I  will   return  this    little  book  to  Mrs.    Frank  Chew-Daisy  Field"* 

a  Little  Book  of  Tribune  Verse. 

A  number  of  hitherto  uncollected  poems,  grave  and  gay. 
Collected  and  Edited  by  Joseph  G.  Brown.   8vo .  hf .  mor.  gilt  back, 
gilt  top,  uncut  and  unopened.   Denver,  Colo.,  Tandy,  Wheeler  &  Co. 
publishers,  1901. 

First  edition.  Large  paper,  limited  to  750  copies,  this  being  No.  60.  With 
the  Collin  Armstrong  bookplate • 

A  Little  Book  of  Tribune  Verse. 

a  number  of  hitherto  uncollected  poems,  grave  and  gay. 
Collected  and  Edited  by  Joseph  G.  Brown.   8vo,  cloth,  gilt  top, 
uncut.   Denver,  Colo.   Tandy,  Wheeler  &  Co.  1901. 

First  ordinary  edition. 

The  Tribune  Primer. 

Illustrated  by  his  Son,  Ho swell  M.  Field.   To  which  is 
added  "An  Auto-Analysis"  written  by  Mr.  Field  in  1894,  and  cublished 
by  Frank  M.  Morris,  Chicago.   Reprinted  by  permission.   12mo,  boards, 
uncut.   Chicago,  The  Reilly  &  Britton  Co.  (1916) 

T he  T  r i bune   P  r irne r . 

iitfith   Illuscrati jns   by  his   Son,    Roswell    M.    Field.      To  which 
is   added  an  Auto-Analysis,    1894.      12mo,    boards,   uncut,    paper   label, 
Chicago,  The   Reilly  &  Britton  Co.    1916. 

"This  edition  is  published  exclusively  for  the  Morris  Eook  Shop  and  is  limited 
to  150  copies  on  hand -made  paper,  numberod  and  autographed.  This  copy  is  Ho. 
18.     R.  M.   Field,   F.  W.   Reilly,   Frank  M.  Morris." 


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7.    BOOKS   PARTLY  WRITTEN   BY  EUGENE   FIELD. 


First    Editions    of   American   Authors, 

k  Manual    for  Book-Lovers   compiled  by  Herbert   Stuart   Stone 
with   an   Introduction   by  Eugene    Field.      Small    quarto,    cloth,    uncut, 
Cambridge:      Stone   and  Kimball,    1893. 

First  edition.     One   of  50  copies   on  Large   Paper    (Ho.   7)    signed  by  the 
publishers,      v/ith  the  bookplate   of  Beverly  Chew,     • 

First   Editions   of  American   Authors. 

A  Manual  for  Book-Lovers  compiled  by  Herbert  Stuart  Stone, 
with  an  Introduction  by  Eugene  Field.  16mo,  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut. 
Cambridge.      Stone   and  Kimball,    1893. 

First  ordinary  edition. 

Some   Letters   of   Edgar  Allan  Poe    to  E.    H.    N-    Patterson   of  Oquawka,  111 

With  Comments   by  Eugene    Field.      Facsimiles   of    six  Poe 
letters.      Quarto,   Art    linen,    paper   laoel,   uncut.      Chicago,      Caxton 
Club,    1898. 

First  edition,    limited   to   186   copies   on  .American  hand  made   paper. 

The    Book-Lover's   Almanac   for   the   year   1893    (First  Year). 

vVith  Illustrations   by  Henriot.      12mo,    square,    paper 
wrappers,   uncut.      New  York,    Duprat   &  Co.,    1893. 

Limited  edition,   200   copies  on  Japan  paper   and  400  on  Holland  paper.      This   is 
Wo.    223.        Contains  first  publication  of .  Eugene   Field's   poem  "Dibdin's   Ghost". 


The   Book-Lover's   almanac   for   the   Year   1895    (Third  Year). 

Square ,    12mo,    paper     wrappers,    uncut.      New  York,    Duprat   & 
Co.,  1894. 

Limited  edition,    100   on  Japan  paper    and  400  en  Van  Gelder  paper.      This    is   Wo.    138. 
Contains   first   publication  of  Eugene  Field's   poem  "Dr.   Rabelais",    dated  Chicago, 
Sept.    19,    1894. 


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The    Book-Lover's   almanac   for   1897    (Fifth  Year) 

Square ,    12mo,    wrappers,    uncut.      New  York,    Duprat   &  Co., 
1897. 

Limited  edition,    100    copies   on  Japan  paper.      Contains    "Eugene   Field's  Un- 
written Book"   by  W.    Irving  Way,     with     Poem  by  Eugene  Field. 

The    Journalist. 

a  Pictorial   Souvenir.      12mo,    square,    paper  wrappers, 
New  York,    1887. 

Has    a  poem  by  Eugene  Field  entitled     "The   Editor's    Trousers". 

The    Chap  Book. 

Copy  for   Feb.    1,    1895.      Pub.    by  Stone   and  Kimball,    Chicago. 
12mo,    paper. 

On  page   275   is    a  picture   entitled  "A  Western  Poet,    drawn  by  Himself.     Mr. 
Field  reading  his   beautiful   poem  at  the   Press  Banquet". 

Tributes    in  Memory  of   Mrs.    Ruth  C.    Gray. 

Contains  Tributes  by  Eugene   Field,    Mrs.   Martha   H.    Mathews, 
and  Mrs.    Diana  Pike.      Square,    8vo,    40   pages,    limp    leather.      Privately 
Printed,    1894. 

First  Edition.      Eugene  Field's  own   copy  v:ith  his      autograph  on  the  fly  leaf, 
dated  1894.      Laid   in  is      a  3-page    letter  from  Ruth   C.    Gray  to  Mrs.   Julia  S. 
Field  dated  "St.    Louis,  Mo.,   Oct.    25,    1876." 

Tributes    in  Memory   of   Mrs.    Ruth  C.    Gray . 

~~  Square,    8vo,    cloth,    gilt    top.      Privately  Printed,    1895. 

Copyright,    1894.      Portrait    of   Mrs.    Gray. 

This   is   a  second  edition  with  additional  tributes.   Laid  in  is   a  brown  wrapper 
in  which  this  book  was   evidently  sent  by  mail    addressed  to  G.  M.   Williamson, 
Esq.   Sparkill,    N.      Y.      "From  M.   L.    Gray,    3756   Lindell  Boulevard,    St.    Louis,  Mo." 


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MISCELLANEOUS 


The   Eugene   Field  Book. 

Verses,  Stories,  and  Letters  for  School  Reading.  .Edited 
by  Mary  E.  Burt  and  Mary  B.  Cable.  With  an  Introduction  by  George 
■M .    Cable.      12mo,    cloth,    New  York,    Scribner's,    1898. 

First  Edition. 

Inscription     on  the  fly  leaf:      "To  Robert  Dows.      With  the   compliments   of   the 

editors" . 

And   these   inscriptions   on  a  sheet  of     paper   attached   to   the   same    leaf:        "Unto 

God  for  health   and  focd,    and   all   that   in   thy  life    is   good,   Give   thou  thy  heart 

in  gratitude      (Eugene  Field.)    Very  Sincerely,   Mrs.   Eugene   Field,"    (and   in  a 

different  hand):      "I   am  diffidently  mindful   that   in  this  company   I,  myself,    am 

read   -   perused      (Tarbox)      Yours   truly  G.   W.    Cable."    And  on  p.    15:      "  I   saw  Little 

Mistress  Merciless   this    summer.      They  call  her    'Little   Sister   Girl*      M.E.B.1 

There   is   also  a  sprig  of  myrtle   attached  to  the  half-title  with  this   inscription: 

"Myrtle  from  the   grave  of  Eugene  Field". 

Songs    of   Childhood. 

Verses   by  Eugene   Field.      Music  by  Reginald  deftoven  and 
Others.      Large,    8vo,    half   cloth,    boards,      Chas .    Scribner's   Sons, 
New  York,    1905.      The    prelude    is   dated  New   York,    Oct.    27,    1896". 

Contains  bookplate  of  V/m.   F.   Gable. 

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Love   Songs   of   Childhood. 

Square ,    8vo,   half   vellum  paper,    boards,    printed  on   Japan 
vellum  paper,   uncut.      Printed   at    the   Lakeside   Press,    Chicago,  in 
March,    1905. 

Edition  limited  to  500   copies  of  which  this   is      No.   375.      Contains  photographic 
reproductions  of  42  of  Field's  poems  from  MS.    copies   in  his  handwriting,  with 
signatures    and  some   photographs  of  the   children  and  others   to  whom     they  were 
dedicated.      The    introduction  is  by  Ro swell  M.   Field. 

Field  Flowers . 

a  Small   Bunch  of   the    Most    Fragrant    of   Blossoms   gathered 
from   the   Broad  Acres    of  Eugene   Field's   Farm  of   Love.      Published 
under   the   auspices   of  Mrs.   Eugene   Field  with  the    approval   of   the 
Monument   Committee   for   the   purpose    of   creating   a  Fund,    the    proceeds 
of  which  will   be   equally  divided  between  the    family   of   the    late 
Eugene   Field  and  the   Fund  for   the    building   of   a  Monument   to   the 
Beloved  Poet   of   Childhood.      Illustrated.      Portrait.      Quarto.      White 
Cloth,    gilt   edges.      Copyright,    1896,    by  Mrs.    Julia   S.    Field. 

Christmas  Tales   and  Christmas   Verse. 

Illustrations   by  Florence   Storer.      Square,    8vo,    cloth, 
New  York,    Scribner's,  1919. 

Originally  published   in  1912. 


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